{"id":402945,"date":"2026-01-09T23:11:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T23:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/402945\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T23:11:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T23:11:09","slug":"audi-2026-f1-car-leaked-as-mclaren-announce-launch-date-racingnews365-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/402945\/","title":{"rendered":"Audi 2026 F1 car leaked as McLaren announce launch date \u2013 RacingNews365 Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The first images of the 2026 Audi F1 car have been spotted online following its shakedown run from Barcelona.<\/p>\n<p>Audi declared several years ago that it would join the sport in 2026 for the start of a new era under fresh technical regulations.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/racingnews365.com\/audi-f1-car-spotted-at-barcelona-shakedown\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">READ MORE: Audi F1 car spied at Barcelona shakedown<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tMcLaren last F1 team to officially confirm 2026 launch date<\/p>\n<p>McLaren has finally confirmed its launch date for this season&#8217;s challenger as it seeks to defend the F1 titles it won last year.<\/p>\n<p>The Woking-based team is the last of the 11 on the Formula 1 grid this campaign to share details of its plans for the reveal of its 2026 car.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/racingnews365.com\/mclaren-last-f1-team-to-officially-confirm-2026-launch-date\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">READ MORE: McLaren last F1 team to officially confirm 2026 launch date<\/a><\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"content-field__images__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Norris-Piastri_2025-12-27-100436_rlpm.jpg\" width=\"650\" alt=\"&#9;&#9;&#9;\u00a9 XPBimages&#10;&#9;\" loading=\"lazy\" onerror=\"window.utilitiesPictureTagFallbackHandler(this)\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\u00a9 XPBimages<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tPorsche racing legend and former F1 driver dies aged 97<\/p>\n<p>Hans Herrmann, Porsche&#8217;s first 24 Hours of Le Mans winner and the last surviving F1 podium finisher from the 1950s has died aged 97.<\/p>\n<p>The saddening news was announced by Porsche on Friday evening, ahead of this weekend&#8217;s Mexico City E-Prix where a special livery had already been revealed in honour of his career.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/racingnews365.com\/porsche-racing-legend-and-former-f1-driver-dies-aged-97\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">READ MORE: Porsche racing legend and former F1 driver dies aged 97<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tFerrari reveal name of 2026 F1 car<\/p>\n<p>Ferrari has revealed the name of the car that it will use to navigate the 2026 F1 campaign.<\/p>\n<p>The Italian squad endured a season of challenges last year as it went the entire campaign without a grand prix win.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/racingnews365.com\/ferrari-reveal-name-of-2026-f1-car\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">READ MORE: Ferrari reveal name of 2026 F1 car<\/a><\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"content-field__images__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Hamilton-Leclerc_2025-12-27-112007_bfbd.jpg\" width=\"650\" alt=\"&#9;&#9;&#9;\u00a9 XPBimages&#10;&#9;\" loading=\"lazy\" onerror=\"window.utilitiesPictureTagFallbackHandler(this)\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\u00a9 XPBimages<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tFIA issue statement amid pressure over F1 engine controversy<\/p>\n<p>The FIA has exclusively issued a response to RacingNews365 amid growing tensions over a supposed trick Mercedes and Red Bull have devised independently of each other with regard to the compression ratio of their new F1 power units.<\/p>\n<p>The championship has overhauled its engine regulations for the 2026 campaign, along with all-new chassis rules. It is the first time since 2014 that the former area has been revised.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/racingnews365.com\/fia-issue-statement-amid-pressure-over-f1-engine-controversy\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">READ MORE: FIA issue statement amid pressure over F1 engine controversy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tF1 2026: Every confirmed car launch date after unexpected change<\/p>\n<p>F1 is set for a major rules overhaul in 2026, with both the power units and chassis undergoing radical changes in the biggest shake-up to grand prix racing.<\/p>\n<p>The power units are being resculptured, with the removal of the MGU-H and beefed-up electrical systems set to provide nearly three times as much battery power, 350kwh compared to 120kw in the past.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/racingnews365.com\/f1-2026-every-confirmed-car-launch-date\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">READ MORE: F1 2026: Every confirmed car launch date after unexpected change<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The first images of the 2026 Audi F1 car have been spotted online following its shakedown run from&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":402946,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[64,63,827,830,828,831,829,826,813,823,825,806,805,824,803,804,822,85],"class_list":["post-402945","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-motosport","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-daniel-ricciardo","tag-f1-calendar","tag-f1-live","tag-f1-results","tag-f1-standings","tag-ferrari","tag-formula-1","tag-lewis-hamilton","tag-max-verstappen","tag-motor","tag-motor-sports","tag-motorsport","tag-motosport","tag-motosports","tag-racing","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402945","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=402945"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402945\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/402946"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=402945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=402945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=402945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}